It’s hard enough when your favorite team’s best player leaves town. It’s even harder to watch that star player join a rival.
And nothing in fandom compares to the pain of watching that star take the team you hate to heights your favorite club never reached.
When a star jumps from one rival to another, it doesn’t just leave fans heartbroken and replica jerseys unwearable. And it doesn’t just alter the trajectories of the teams involved. Those rivalry switches can change an entire league.
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In the NFL, New York Giants fans have felt the sting of Saquon Barkley’s intra-division relocation with each Philadelphia Eagles win. Less than a year after leaving one
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